The multispacecraft ISEE mission made it possible to study propagation of surface waves on the magnetopause. One case studied in detail was near local noon at a latitude of 24.4 deg. The inferred instantaneous magnetopause normal vectors oscillated about the model magnetopause normal vector in a manner expected for a wave propagating along the magnetopause from the subsolar region. By assuming a model monochromatic wave and a constant magnetopause thickness, the best-fit that yields the three wave parameters( amplitude, wavelength, and period) is determined.


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    Title :

    Multi-spacecraft observations of magnetopause surface waves - ISEE 1 and 2 determinations of amplitude, wavelength and period


    Contributors:
    Song, PU (author) / Elphic, R. C. (author) / Russell, C. T. (author)

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    Publication date :

    1988-01-01



    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English


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